How to properly dispose of an old cell phone
2010 years about 100 million wireless phones sitting idle in the United States. When used cell phones are hazardous to our environment. You should really consider donating, recycling or selling your used cell phone.
Some states it's actually illegal to discard used cell phones to turn it in the garbage. The government is trying to avoid hazardous waste from ending up in a landfill.
The best options are to sell for cash donate a recycle as as e-waste.
According to the Department of toxic substance control retailers and recyclers collected about 3.6 million cell phones 2000 and. This represents only 25% of the estimated 14.5 million cell phones sold in that state.
Some very low cell phones are capable of making a 911 call any of these phones are used by the sheriff department for victims of women children and seniors.
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http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/02/01/4598912.htm
